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preparation for this debate whatever romney. which debate comes to your mind when you think, looked down, smirk, grimace. don't look at your opponent. look beseechingly to a 78 year-old moderator to save you. >> i don't know what he was thinking. i don't know where he was last night. i don't know if he had too big of a dinner celebrate his anniversary. lou: what you don't know al gore does. let's hear. former vice president. >> obama arrived in denver at 2:00 p.m. today. just a few hours before the debate started. romney did his debate prep in denver. when you go to 5,000 feet and you only have a few hours to adjust, i don't know. lou: basically is a rendering here. by the way, did you notice he has not lost that deep side that got him into some much trouble. did that make you relive the moment? >> the denver marathon. lou: one thing is for sure, the former vice president has not acclimated to wherever he is. >> it's not like he's at 13,000 feet. i don't think that was the problem. lou: you have to -- what was the problem? and i
preparation for this debate whatever romney. which debate comes to your mind when you think, looked down, smirk, grimace. don't look at your opponent. look beseechingly to a 78 year-old moderator to save you. >> i don't know what he was thinking. i don't know where he was last night. i don't know if he had too big of a dinner celebrate his anniversary. lou: what you don't know al gore does. let's hear. former vice president. >> obama arrived in denver at 2:00 p.m. today. just a few...
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voters think that president will win this first debate, and 41% think that romney will win. joining me now, ed klein, author of "new york times" best seller "the amateur." great to see you, this is cute, the downplay, one of these, i can't think of another moment of modesty on the part of this president other than this example of trying to manage expectations. >> the golden-floated orator is bumbling,. lou: the idea he is such a heavy favorite to win the debate, that has to work in governor romney's favor. >> almost 6 out of 10 americans think that obama will take this debate, romney goes in as under dog with low expectations, if he does well, he will exceed those expectations. i think he has a good chance of winning this debate. lou: what about, you made it clear, you are not overly impressed with the mr. obama's capabilities, he is no bill clinton in that regard. hollywood will be prompter-free. >> we've seen obama say there are 57 states in the union, then he goes, some kind of -- takes over his face, and it looks like he is caught in the lights like a deer. when he does
voters think that president will win this first debate, and 41% think that romney will win. joining me now, ed klein, author of "new york times" best seller "the amateur." great to see you, this is cute, the downplay, one of these, i can't think of another moment of modesty on the part of this president other than this example of trying to manage expectations. >> the golden-floated orator is bumbling,. lou: the idea he is such a heavy favorite to win the debate, that...
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and just how big is mitt romney's post debate bounce? and will it get even bigger? or political panel reacts. also, at diving into an explosive debate over working women and motherhood. they have to choose between family and career? hear what our panel of powerful women have to safe. we're on the case nex gerri: guess prices shooting a 18 sets this week alone, closing in on a gerri: extreme pain at the pump for california drivers. gas prices hitting record highs this week. a gallon of regular unleaded at $4.49 per gallon comparing to the nationwide average of $3.709. one of the many reasons, a southern california refinery suffering a massive power outage. now is back up and running. don't expect prices to come down anytime soon. there is now talk of a gas shortage. with more, john hofmeister, former ceo of shell oil company and founder of citizens for affordable energy. welcome back to the show. this feels like the 1970's all over again. shortages. why -- lines to your local station. what is going on? how do you explain this? >> well, first of all, let's remember, c
and just how big is mitt romney's post debate bounce? and will it get even bigger? or political panel reacts. also, at diving into an explosive debate over working women and motherhood. they have to choose between family and career? hear what our panel of powerful women have to safe. we're on the case nex gerri: guess prices shooting a 18 sets this week alone, closing in on a gerri: extreme pain at the pump for california drivers. gas prices hitting record highs this week. a gallon of regular...
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romney floating a new idea. today at of the debate which includes a cap on itemized deductions. for more on this on joined by scott hodge, president of the tax foundation. welcome to the show. i have listened to the radio interview, and i'm having a hard time making sense of this. the basics of this plan, and this is finessing a plan that is already out in the marketplace. he would cap itemize deductions at $17,000. taxpayers would choose which deduction to claim, which still lose. now, kendis work? do you think it is a good idea? >> well, i am a tax purists. i think it is a little bit to try to rein in tax deductions. but sort of like a budget freeze where friezes good programs and bad programs at the same time but has a political advantage ot having to tackle the big interest groups that the fan all those things like the real letters and all the other special interests that are behind the deductions. it allows individuals to choose which of the various deductions they want to take. it is rather crude and sets that hard cap of $17,000. the advantages whether romney campaign, th
romney floating a new idea. today at of the debate which includes a cap on itemized deductions. for more on this on joined by scott hodge, president of the tax foundation. welcome to the show. i have listened to the radio interview, and i'm having a hard time making sense of this. the basics of this plan, and this is finessing a plan that is already out in the marketplace. he would cap itemize deductions at $17,000. taxpayers would choose which deduction to claim, which still lose. now, kendis...
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before the debate he was down eight points and among women romney's debate performance led to an 18 point reversal. total swing. two candidates with women are tired and romney getting a boost from goldman sachs employees. according to the wall street journal which confirmed big supporters of obama, giving romney $900,000 directly and $900,000 to the super pac. as for an issue we are not hearing much about on the campaign trail housing. the housing market seems pretty good but neither side as such it. joining us to cover all of this, the reason foundation and the reason magazine. great to have you in studio. let's start with a few research thing. i was outside -- i could not believe such a reversal was possible. >> i don't think the national number matters as much as the lead for college because we don't elect someone on popular vote. what matters more than that number is how they are doing in florida and virginia and north carolina. charles: can't get the national reversal like that without an impact. >> those are the polls whether or not you are excited depending on who you are going for
before the debate he was down eight points and among women romney's debate performance led to an 18 point reversal. total swing. two candidates with women are tired and romney getting a boost from goldman sachs employees. according to the wall street journal which confirmed big supporters of obama, giving romney $900,000 directly and $900,000 to the super pac. as for an issue we are not hearing much about on the campaign trail housing. the housing market seems pretty good but neither side as...
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the cash on hand is not -- if we learned anything from mitt romney last night is that a debate for which he didn't pay a penny is nothing short of the prices. cash might be king, but you can't be king if you don't get your butt before voters. your fat cat handlers will understand. they want you elected. just say you elect to stay away from them, as far as possible, until you are. charlie, what he makes of all of this because, think about it, more bang for the buck, that is governor romney on a free night with 60 million people potentially watching. >> right. it's ironic his big money people, reported on your show, i believe, last week, they were imploring him to get out more and do -- neil: stop talking to us. >> fundraise, get out there, get paul ryan out there. paul ryan denied it. i believe he was muzzled. i don't care. he should be out there more. mitt romney should be out there more. neil: how are they feeling now? >> today? neil: today. >> off the charts. they are doing fairly significant in the campaign, off the moon. i don't think they'll have a problem raising money. they were w
the cash on hand is not -- if we learned anything from mitt romney last night is that a debate for which he didn't pay a penny is nothing short of the prices. cash might be king, but you can't be king if you don't get your butt before voters. your fat cat handlers will understand. they want you elected. just say you elect to stay away from them, as far as possible, until you are. charlie, what he makes of all of this because, think about it, more bang for the buck, that is governor romney on a...
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romney and obama tied at 47 among registered voters. before the debate. obama in this poll had a five point lead and mitt romney has swung back into the lead in the first post debate survey in the presidential race in florida and the latest rasmussen poll is likely voters and has romney two points ahead and scott rasmussen, he's going to joining us in our next hour with his brand new monday morning numbers. can romney hold on to or even extend his lead? find out, 10:30 this morning. and check us out on facebook, was last week's debate the major turning point in the election? log on, join that conversation please. gas prices, the spike in california levelling off, but prices have not started any kind of retreat just yet. the average for regular is up 50 cents, state wide in the past week an all time high, 4.66. governor brown has called on state regulators to allow the early sale of less expensive winter blend gasoline in california, that's a measure that he said could bring down sky high prices, not sure whether that order had taken effect just yet. sport
romney and obama tied at 47 among registered voters. before the debate. obama in this poll had a five point lead and mitt romney has swung back into the lead in the first post debate survey in the presidential race in florida and the latest rasmussen poll is likely voters and has romney two points ahead and scott rasmussen, he's going to joining us in our next hour with his brand new monday morning numbers. can romney hold on to or even extend his lead? find out, 10:30 this morning. and check...
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president obama and mitt romney will square off in their first presidential debate. dagen: peter barnes is in denver where the opponents will go toe-to-toe. hey peter. peter: hey dagen and connell. listen, mitt romney hopes these depates will help -- debates will help him overtake president obama and pull ahead here and use these debates to try to close the race with the american people. the new poll shows the race tightening, 49% for obama, 46% for romney, among likely voters, within the margin of error. there's a lot of debate over whether these debates can make a difference in these elections. looking in history, they have in in the past. in 1960 they helped john kennedy overtake richard nixon. 1980 helped reagan over take carter. 2000 helped bush overtake gore. romney was behind in 02 race for governor in massachusetts, he was trailing badly six weeks before the election. the campaign reorganized, romney pulled his advisors together. they decided on a new strategy which was to get tough and get specific and romney went on to win that 2002 race for governor in mas
president obama and mitt romney will square off in their first presidential debate. dagen: peter barnes is in denver where the opponents will go toe-to-toe. hey peter. peter: hey dagen and connell. listen, mitt romney hopes these depates will help -- debates will help him overtake president obama and pull ahead here and use these debates to try to close the race with the american people. the new poll shows the race tightening, 49% for obama, 46% for romney, among likely voters, within the...
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melissa: before we run out of time, i thought of you when mitt romney mentioned spain during the debate. let me play that clip and get your reaction on the other side. >> spain, spain spend 42% of their total economy on government. >> okay. >> we're now spending 42% of our economy on government. i don't want to go down the path of spain. melissa: what do you think? are we going down the path of spain? >> i think that this is one of the great political debates of our time and i think that mitt romney was right to join it with president obama. i think president obama's policies and his political vision are fundamentally that of french democrats, rather like francois hollande. i think mitt romney's are a traditional conservative republican. i thought during the debate he sounded actually, he echoed themes that you would associate with dwight eisenhower. so i think this is a great debate to be joined politically. i think that romney is raising real risk but there are people on the left who would like to see a stronger centralized government, not just as a safety net but all of these element
melissa: before we run out of time, i thought of you when mitt romney mentioned spain during the debate. let me play that clip and get your reaction on the other side. >> spain, spain spend 42% of their total economy on government. >> okay. >> we're now spending 42% of our economy on government. i don't want to go down the path of spain. melissa: what do you think? are we going down the path of spain? >> i think that this is one of the great political debates of our time...
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so it is really romney's debate performance and campaigning this all these battleground states. dagen: what about on the president's side? is it also the most critical thing for him, his debate performance, or are they focused on something completely different? >> well, i think they are focused on the spending and the get out the vote effort. they have an infrastructure that they've spent a lot of money on, and you see he's still out campaigning trying to raise money because there is a machine that costs a lot of money to run, a lot of offices around the country to try to get out those voters on election day. you know, the economy while some -- you all talk about it all the time, some quarters are doing better, like housing prices, etc., there are some shaky parts of the economy that, you know, as we get closer to election day, one month from today, that's a lot of what the obama campaign is watching. dagen: very shaky in some places. bret, happy anniversary. >> thank you very much. dagen: because i follow bret on twitter as you all should. >> eight years. dagen: if you don't, c
so it is really romney's debate performance and campaigning this all these battleground states. dagen: what about on the president's side? is it also the most critical thing for him, his debate performance, or are they focused on something completely different? >> well, i think they are focused on the spending and the get out the vote effort. they have an infrastructure that they've spent a lot of money on, and you see he's still out campaigning trying to raise money because there is a...
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that romney drove these other market. he is pro-business. he really invigorated the next shot at winning some people over. especially in ohio. liz: the question is was that really president obama and was not really that romney last night? [laughter] john, you are looking at that activity over at the imax. we just talked about crude oil. gasoline is something we always watch for the consumer. >> if you look at what wti has done in the last few weeks, it has really underperformed. ethylene prices have been rather strong. when we look at today, some of the supply concerns in texas and new jersey, it is not a surprise it is up over 5%. if you look at wti, you have the s&p on multiyear highs. you have crude oil selling down to the lows. at least in the last couple months, if you ask bernanke a few weeks ago, this would be the result, you would have to be fairly happy. you had the s&p beginning to rally as much of wall street pretty much discounted romney's victory. romney victory is very polish for wall street. up until last night, it was not a f
that romney drove these other market. he is pro-business. he really invigorated the next shot at winning some people over. especially in ohio. liz: the question is was that really president obama and was not really that romney last night? [laughter] john, you are looking at that activity over at the imax. we just talked about crude oil. gasoline is something we always watch for the consumer. >> if you look at what wti has done in the last few weeks, it has really underperformed. ethylene...
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. -- debate. 72% gave it to governor romney. only 20% of those who watched thought the president did a better job. romney's 52 point win is the largest gallup has ever measured after a presidential debate. if you look at the latest reading from real clear politics, this is an average of all political polls. it puts mitt romney in a dead heat with president obama in the race for the white house. doug schoen and john leboutillier are with us. doug used to advise president clinton. john former republican congressman from new york. doug, to you first. how does romney maintain this momentum? >> this is a challenge. it is a revival. it is not in any way a fundamental alteration in a race that's always been close. it is closer still, but he's in the in the lead -- but he's not in the lead. he needs to outline clearly where he's going to take america, what his vision is and how most importantly dagen his agenda will impact and improve the lives of ordinary americans. dagen: let's focus short run. what about the vice presidential debate?
. -- debate. 72% gave it to governor romney. only 20% of those who watched thought the president did a better job. romney's 52 point win is the largest gallup has ever measured after a presidential debate. if you look at the latest reading from real clear politics, this is an average of all political polls. it puts mitt romney in a dead heat with president obama in the race for the white house. doug schoen and john leboutillier are with us. doug used to advise president clinton. john former...